Video Artist Visual Music Director

Bradley Friedman is an American video director, film producer, visual music artist, and event creator. Friedman was involved in the emergence of the Los Angeles techno music and punk rock scene . He lives in Los Angeles California and is presently working on a television series on the history of music and "Elvis Confidential". Credits

Billboard Magazine 3rd International Video Entertainment/Music Conference Press Release

Billboard - Sep 12, 1981

Vol. 93, No. 36 - ‎Magazine

"Friedman is a Graduate Student in UCLA'S Motion Picture/Television Department, is a video artist specializing in the creation of visual music, abstract special effects and music composition. His promotional music video credits encompass the production and direction of artists including "Murray the K', the Ramones. the Stunt Dykes. The Cramps and Jakob Magnusson, and Devo. Friedman also produced and directed an electronic rock n roll magazine for television entitled "Modern Music".

Bradley Friedman-Billboard Magazine-Music Conference

October 31, 1981 Editorial "Video Entertainment-Dawn of a new creative Age"

Bradley Friedman-Billboard Magazine

November 19, 1981 article by Paul Green , Page 56

"Once Promotion Tool Video Filming Now Consumer Art"

Bradley Friedman-Billboard Magazine

November 19, 1981 article by Paul Green , Page 56

"Once Promotion Tool Video Filming Now Consumer Art"

"Friedman was the youngest member of this panel and was quoted as stating music video producers "Have largely produced in an economic vacuum. The art form can not survive without the direct support of record companies and producers. Record companies need to sign video recording acts and not just musicians."

Music Connection

Febuary 3, 1981

Jeff Janning

"Video Update"

"Brad Friedman produced a half hour piece spotlighting concept video "Hot Splice" which includes appearances by: Berlin, Public Image LTD, Bone Symphony, the Stunt Dykes, Fahrenheit, Captain Midnight, Ronald Reagan, an many others. The initial showing of the video was presented at the Lhasa Club in Los Angles."

Bradley Friedman-Billboard Magazine

June 19, 1982 article by Paul Carrie Darling , Page 1

"Conceived by UCLA students Bradley Friedman "The three day festival show was meant to air current problems in video music as well as showcasing mainstream and alternative music video. It was estimated by the organizers (Friedman) that approximately 2,000 persons attended."

Kiss The Newspaper February 12, 1981

Paul Ahrens "Are Music Video Producers the New Cecil B Demiles?"

"Bradley Friedman recent work was a two song promo for the Jeff Mitchell band. (Mitchell used to be with Suzi Quarto's band amount others) The Jeff Mitchel Band was searching for a promotional device to leaf frog them over the masses of competing bands shopping for ever elusive records deals. Friedman worked out a line-by line breakdown of two song, "California" and "Lonely Boys." took the band into a Hollywood video sound-stage, rolled the tapes, furiously edited for a couple of non stop days and whisked the tapes into the hands of the bands' backers. A short time later, the band had a signed deal with a label in Japan. Overnight sensation? No. But at last falls Billboard Music Video conference the playing of Jeff Mitchel's represented a minor breakthrough. In the screening of high budget, low imagination recorded video industry entries, Friedman's rock videos stood out for it's high quality and concise, evocative images. And Friedman was perhaps the youngest producer amount the lot. Stay tuned."

Bradley Friedman- Los Angeles Times

June 1, 1981 article by Andrew Eipstein , Page 1

"The International Visual Music Festival is "The first to be held on this planet. It's the synthesis of imagery and sound in a motion picture format" said Bradley Friedman, co-chairman of the festival."

Bradley Friedman- Los Angeles Times

June 1, 1981 article by Andrew Eipstein , Page 1

"Bradley Friedman conceived and organized the festival."

June 7 1981 Billboard Magazine

"Modern Music produced and directed by Bradley Friedman debuts before the start of MTV."

Billboard Magazine

1981 article by Andrew Carrie Darling

"Bradley Friedman a UCLA video graduate student who is organizing a video music festival and seminar on that campus is finishing off his "No Sprocket Holes" video music project. Friedman has worked with the Ramones and the Cramps in the past as well with local Los Angeles bands."

Billboard Magazine

1981 article by Andrew Carrie Darling

"Bradley Friedman recently had a showcase at Hollywood's Club Lhasa. Friedman showed a selection of his past and present clips and has worked with such artists as the Ramones, the Sex Pistols, and up-and-coming local acts as Berlin, Q, and the Bone Orchestra".

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